Going Against the Grain
Don’t trust your brain. There are some very systematic ways that the brain is designed to be able to function, but it’s not helpful to you in life and business. Here’s some examples based on known...
View ArticleOur Greatest Asset…Really?
“Our employees are our most important asset.” Everyone, at some point in their careers, has heard some advanced representative of a company they’ve worked for utter these words. And, if you’re like...
View ArticleWisdom from the Small Fish
I really like small town newspapers. The big ones, like the New York Times and WSJ, are good for keeping up with world and national news and topics, but the little ones almost always end up with some...
View ArticleApples and Oranges
I’m beginning to like PersonnelToday.com more and more. I’d love to get a subscription to it, but it’s a little too costly for me to consider right now. I really like it, because of the number of...
View ArticleUgh… Not a Test…
On to another PersonnelToday.com post. I like what they’ve done with the psychometrics theme. I’m a big psychometrics geek. I like statistics and math, but I really think that test construction and...
View ArticleHiring for HR Excellence
This is a fairly hot-button topic for me, especially considering my field of expertise. The author of this article is right, HR people used to just be the people who handled payroll or on-boarding, but...
View ArticleFishing in HR and Business
I saw an article in the news yesterday that made me start thinking about some of the concepts in psychology that influence my behavior that I take for granted. I take them for granted because I know...
View ArticlePersuasion (Part 1 of Fishing Lessons)
If you haven’t read Dr. Robert Cialdini’s, “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion,” you need to. I’ve heard talk about that this is a great book for sales and marketing people. Not true. It’s a great...
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First Impressions
Imagine that you’ve been searching for a long time for a new job. While you’ve been hunting for weeks, your bills have been piling up, and you’ve been working hours on end doing nothing but filing...
View ArticleWhen The Canary Starts Singing Again
I remember the moment very clearly, one evening in early 2011 I was at a networking event in Saint Louis and I ended up in a conversation with an economist about the fiscal health of American...
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